CORNWALL Ontario – As the debate about the bike paths on Second Street continue a City Councilor had an accident on the corner of Marlborough and Second Street West. Mark MacDonald missed council after the 4 PM incident where he stopped moving through the busy intersection when he heard approachingContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – That pretty picture above is actually a slide of cancer cells. For nearly three years CFN has been trying to glean information about Cancer rates in Cornwall Ontario to only be met with roadblocks and a total lack of disclosure and information by the very agenciesContinue Reading
WARRANT Cornwall, ON – Carl Beckstead, 63 of Cornwall was arrested on February 20th, 2015 on the strength of a warrant. It is alleged that the man was in breach of his conditional sentence and a warrant was issued for his arrest. On February 20th, 2015 the man attendedContinue Reading
CFN – It’s hard to criticize a team that’s sitting in the standings where Montreal is, and that’s at the top of their division and conference with 81 points in 59 games. They’ve increased their team goal differential to +26 and have given up a league low 131 goals. That’sContinue Reading
WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING IN OVER 85 LOCATIONS ACROSS CANADA OF A DOCUMENTARY BY MAZIAR BAHARI, THE REAL-LIFE SUBJECT OF JON STEWART’S FORTHCOMING FILM ROSEWATER The Iranian government tries to stop the members of its largest non-Muslim faith community (the Baha’is) from teaching and studying at university. But they do teachContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Cutting taxes may be great buzz words to getting elected, but they are a lot harder to implement. What you have in today’s Cornwall are a group of council. There are a few experienced hands on deck like Mayor O’Shaughnessy, Elaine MacDonald, Mark MacDonald, Andre Rivette,Continue Reading
The board of TAG (tagcornwall.ca) are proud to announce a new direction for 2015! “We’ve already seen results from our new board format and have received a lot of positive feedback from area artists” said TAG President Wyatt Walsh. After extensive meetings and discussion the board is focusing on someContinue Reading
CFN – With the media buzzing about a possible tear down and rebuild of the Toronto Maple Leafs it gave me pause to ponder why on earth to take that direction? The Leafs have more than the average of talent. They are near the cap ceiling as well. Essentially theyContinue Reading
CFN – Today I was in a chat with someone. They mentioned an incident in Cornwall and forgot that it was CFN that stepped up and came to the defense of their own business and that of others. It was one of our first ombudsman pieces and an experienceContinue Reading
THEFT UNDER $5000, BREACH Cornwall, ON – Amanda Laplante, 31 of Cornwall was arrested on February 17th, 2015 and charged with theft under $5000 and breach of probation for failing to keep the peace. It is alleged that on February 7th, 2015 the woman attended a Ninth Street storeContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – A simple first paragraph of a news story has set off a fire storm of controversy between South Stormont Mayor Jim Bancroft and his council and the Standard Freeholder. “A need to set aside money for reserves to help pay for future projects is driving a 12.2%Continue Reading
IMPAIRED DRIVER (South Stormont) – On February 13, 2015 at approximately 4:29pm, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a report of a single vehicle in the ditch on County Road 44, South Stormont Township. Investigation indicated that the adult female driver was under theContinue Reading
FRAUD Cornwall, ON – Laura Primeau, 27 of Cornwall was arrested on February 13th, 2015 on the strength of a warrant. It is alleged that she failed to declare changes in her living arrangements to the Ontario Works Resource Centre between October, 2013 and April, 2014 which resulted inContinue Reading
Hi, my name is Joy, and I am an eight-week old yellow Labrador retriever. I need a home, but not just any home. I need someone to look after me nearly 24/7. You see, I was born to do a job. My hope is to become a guide dog forContinue Reading
CFN – Progressive Conservative Leadership candidate Patrick Brown fought off snow and brutal cold Saturday and attended a breakfast meeting at the Ramada Inn. It was a surprising large crowd considering the brutal weather conditions, but significant in that the Conservative MP, MPP, and Mayor of Cornwall were not inContinue Reading
ASSAULT, ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON, MISCHIEF, FORCIBLE CONFINEMENT,SEXUAL ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON, SEXUAL ASSAULT, THREATS, OVERCOME RESISTANCE, POSSESSION OF A WEAPON FOR A DANGEROUS PURPOSE Cornwall, ON – A 41-year-old Cornwall man was arrested on February 12th, 2015 and charged with: · Assault · Assault with a weapon · Continue Reading
CFN – Media is a hard biz these days. Even the big guns suffer. Today, on Friday the 13th Sun News Network shuttered down. They flipped the switch to off. I won’t get into the merits of Sun News and it’s fake boobed talking heads or farContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Temperatures are going to plunge from -10 to -23 tonight in Cornwall with a wind chill of negative 11,000,000 as Winter digs in for the Mid February death grip! It won’t warm up much until Saturday when Mother Nature will take a snow dump on usContinue Reading